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Clinton wraps up Africa trip as critics accuse her of maintaining status quo

Recovered from FSRN’s earlier site via the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. Originally published August 13, 2009.

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is wrapping up her 11 day trip to Africa.  She´s visited  Kenya, South Africa, Angola, Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo.  Today she made a brief stop in Liberia before heading to the island nation of Cape Verde.  The trip so far has been a mixture of promising economic and military aid, backing leaders who support the US and according to some critics, keeping the status quo. FSRN's Karen Miller has more.